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Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Catherine Connolly: Did it occur to NAMA at any stage that Cerberus and PIMCO could have been working strategically together? I am not saying they were.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Catherine Connolly: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Catherine Connolly: No, that is not what I asked. I asked whether it occurred to NAMA.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Catherine Connolly: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Catherine Connolly: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Catherine Connolly: Was that discussed at a board meeting or elsewhere? Did NAMA look at that?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Catherine Connolly: Where could I see it that NAMA discussed these issues?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Catherine Connolly: No.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Catherine Connolly: It was a vital discussion. I have said what I need to say on the matter. I would like to ask Mr. McDonagh about the £100 million in sales. He has repeated the assertion he made in his paper that this was up to 2013, but it was actually up to 2012. The figure of £100 million for the period up to the end of 2012 was mentioned in the briefing documents given to the Minister. I...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Catherine Connolly: That could well be. I am looking at the briefing documents given to the Minister in 2014 and at other documents. The figure for 2013 sales was £100 million.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Catherine Connolly: When I stop talking and somebody else comes in, I am going to quote from it precisely to show where this figure of £100 million comes from. Mr. McDonagh might come back to me at that point. On this occasion, was the data room controlled by NAMA rather than by Lazard? Did NAMA personally control the data room? Who controlled it?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Catherine Connolly: Are they physically there manning it?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Catherine Connolly: Did NAMA discuss the conflict of interest in relation to Mr. Cushnahan with them? Did it seek legal advice from its legal advisers?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Catherine Connolly: No, NAMA did not do so. I would also like to ask about Lazard. I forget what answer I received when I raised this initially. Did NAMA tell Lazard why PIMCO had withdrawn?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Catherine Connolly: Okay. I thank the witnesses.

Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2016)

Catherine Connolly: I recently saw "Waiting for Godot" and I do not remember such excitement.

Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2016)

Catherine Connolly: This is on the motion. I certainly do not remember such a dramatic exit of a member from the stage and certainly not one with the words, "I am leaving now because I did not hear what I was expecting to hear." This is notwithstanding the fact that the Deputy in question knew exactly what we were all going to say, so it is dramatic on every level. I welcome this motion and I proudly put...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (28 Sep 2016)

Catherine Connolly: 46. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality given Ireland's commitment in September 2015 to take in 4,000 persons under the Irish refugee protection programme over a two year period, the number of refugees under this programme who have arrived to date; the specific steps which have been taken to ensure this commitment is met; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27426/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (28 Sep 2016)

Catherine Connolly: 47. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the location for processing of Garda vetting applications; the number of persons employed to manage this process; if there is a backlog, and if so, the numbers and reasons for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27425/16]

Order of Business (27 Sep 2016)

Catherine Connolly: Ba mhaith liom an Taoiseach a fháiltiú ar ais. An féidir leis soiléiriú a thabhairt dom maidir leis an bpróiseas faoi na leasuithe a bhí beartaithe i dtaobh Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla 2003? An bhfuil dréachtbhille i gceist? De réir mar a thuigim, bhí dréachtbhille i gceist sa Dáil dheireanach. Cá bhfuil an...